19% growth in Dubai hotel revenues during last January

Revenues recorded by hotel rooms in Dubai last January amounted to 2.74 billion dirhams, compared to 2.3 billion dirhams during the same period of the previous year 2025, with a growth rate of about 19%, according to data issued by the Department of Economy and Tourism in Dubai.

Returns were calculated based on the number of occupied hotel rooms at the end of the comparison period, on the average return per room sold, and on a daily basis.

The significant increase in the revenues of hotel establishments operating in Dubai is attributed to the increase in the average return per room, in addition to the growth in the number of hotel nights sold, as the length of stay of guests in Dubai hotels during last January recorded 3.79 hotel nights, compared to 3.76 nights in the same period in 2025, while the number of nights (booked rooms) reached more than 4.11 million overnight stays, compared to about 4.01 million overnight nights during the comparison period, with a growth rate 2%.

The average daily price of a hotel room in Dubai reached 775 dirhams in January 2026, compared to 683 dirhams in the same period last year, a growth of 13%, while the average revenue from available rooms reached 668 dirhams, compared to 576 dirhams in the same period last year, a growth of 16%.

The data showed growth in all performance indicators in the hospitality sector in Dubai, including the number of international tourists, the average return per room, the average daily price, the general occupancy rate, the size of the hotel market, and the number of nights spent by tourists, in addition to the average stay per tourist, given the growth of the tourism and hotel energy indicators. The number of hotel rooms in Dubai at the end of January 2026 reached more than 154.7 thousand hotel rooms, within 827 hotel establishments, compared to 153.6 thousand hotel rooms, within 831 establishments at the end of January 2025.

3% increase in the number of international visitors

The Department of Economy and Tourism in Dubai revealed the latest statistics on the performance of the tourism sector and the numbers of international visitors during January 2026, which showed the emirate’s success in attracting two million international tourists, compared to 1.94 million tourists in the same period in 2025, with a growth rate of about 3%.

. The significant increase in revenues of hotel establishments operating in Dubai is due to the increase in the average return per room and the growth in the number of hotel nights sold.